Aw.

This is sad and sweet, and I think it describes how Spock and Amanda might feel after their confrontation.

What can one say? Excellent, as always.

Bloody Hell!

That was a roller-coaster ride... I'm somewhat exhausted emotionally after reading this.

VERY intense, sweet, sad, shameful, shocking, depressing, light-hearted and happy … have I covered it all?!?

Tegan

*sigh* Amanda doesn't deserve such a son. I don't quite mean it, of course, but still...

aw I liked it :D
most people just assume that Amanda and Spock are back to the mother-son relationship and everything's good but nobody ever takes into account that she slapped him and Spock was hurt emotionally (until now anyway :D)
yay thanks for writing it!

I am so glad to see a new story from you about my favorite family. You have a way of getting to the heart of their struggle to be a family and to keep connecting with each other and getting past hurt and disapointment. I hope that you will continue giving us these glimpses into their family and lives. This was very well written and I can't wait to read more from you.

Thanks!!

That was a wonderful story in a wonderful series. Each time I read one of your stories, I think this is the best one. Consequently, whichever one I'm reading tends to be my favorite. But this one may be my absolute favorite. I found myself thinking to the previous stories in the series and conversations that took place. This story seemed to tie everything up. I do think Amanda chose Spock over Sarek once, when she didn't interfere with his Terran citizenship-- but I'm guessing she has kept the details of the months following his exit to Starfleet from him, and he has remained ignorant of those details partly out of distance from Vulcan and partly out of his own desire not to know. Did he ever find out about her chattel atatus?

What a touching piece! I could truly believe this is a conversation that took place between the two.

Well done!

This was another perfect, jawdropping, stunning piece. You keep amazing again and again with Holography and the universe of Vulcan and humanness you have built for us. I get lost in it, in between the lines, and the characters are so real, deeply flawed, but as Spock said, how can we not love them? They're like a real family. Sometimes you want to hurt them, to rail at them, but at the same time, they're the comfort, the joy, the part that makes it all worth it in the end. Thanks for sharing another chapter in their lives. I loved it.

Hi Pat,

You packed a lot into this and it certainly seemed a logical scene after that painful scene where Amanda slapped Spock. Interesting concept that on the one hand they were both Vulcan and on the other they are both human. Nicely done.
Em

This is one of the best pieces that you have written. I can so see this happening in the world you created. I never liked that Amanda did not appologize to Spock for that slap. It is well written and I am so glad you are expanding this series again. I do hope there will be more stories even if they are one shots.

Lisa

:) Good. A little painful, but that is very appropriate for a post "Journey to Babel" episode. They are quite the dysfunctional family. Sad, but it makes sense that Amanda would have to love Sarek more than Spock to explain their distant relationship.

So clearly I could see TOS Amanda and Spock having this conversation, and hear it--right down to the timber of his voice...it was resonating.

Quinto as Spock would not be able to handle the depth of your universe, but Nimoy will always be Spock for your stories--unless you write otherwise...

Illogical as it may be - I loved this, but then I am only human! Outstanding.